A star is born, and a goodbye {Saturday Creations}

Hi friends!

Let's get the goodbye part out of the way, shall we?  I have had the honor, over the past year, of working with Dyane of Precious Remembrance.  It has been a pleasure to have been there with her from the beginning - for both of us!  PR was my first design team, and you never forget your first ;)  I cannot wait to see who takes over {Saturday Creations} and what amazing stuff she (or he) will create!

And now, for my final PR card:

A star is born.  in there. 

Do you ever crane your neck to check out a baby rolling by?  I often do.  And if they are less than a few months old, they automatically get a little coo.  It just happens.

You may notice (and if you aren't noticing, I'm pointing it out) that the pram is closed on both side.  Look at my card, and then at this image of the stamp set to compare.

See?  A little selective inking allowed me to close up the sides.  The yucky parts got covered by the pretty patterned paper.  That's how I roll... everything looks pretty on the outside, just don't go poking around too much or you'll find my messy secrets (my friends are giggling right now, because my house is like that too - so neat and tidy until you open a closet... ha.)

I used the little knitted background strip to build a soft pattern all over my circle, and then curved the sentiment to fit around its curve.  (The arrow image is from a Mama Elephant set.  I stamped that once everything was adhered to my card, and held my breath until I pulled up and made sure everything was stamped ok.)

I hope you like my card!  Have a great weekend!

same bear, new look {saturday creations}

now.

I finally got my Precious Remembrance "little one" set.  After all this time, after the rest of the design team has been brilliantly showcasing this set for the last few weeks, I figured I'd better come up with something fresh. something to razzle-dazzle you, and make you see the set in a new light.

I took the bear image from the set, and made it look like this:



You see the difference immediately, right?  It hardly looks like the same bear.  I did some creative masking to give the cute bear a slouchier and more vintage teddy look.

I did have to paper-piece the bear to get him to look just right.  Even with my mad masking skills (ha) it was too hard to get everything as perfect as I wanted, but by paper-piecing the body, it looks seamless.  The outline underneath is a little messier.... hee.  

If you want to try this at home, here's what I did:

1. stamp the bear onto masking paper or post-it notes.  cut the head and body out separately.

2. ink up only the body, as best as you can, and stamp down onto white cardstock. (you may need to use a wipe to remove some excess ink before you stamp down.)

3. mask the body and stamp the head, low enough to cover the bear's bow-tie.  (I replaced it with a different style from another set, to further the transformation, but you can certainly paper-piece the bow included with the bear image.)

4. pop up the bear's head, so when people see the outline image underneath, they'll think you are even more of a masking superstar than you really are. wink.

Also of note: remember I told you: don't be afraid to cut up your stamps?  I took my regular paper snips to his "i ♥ hugs" belly.  I like the sentiment, but I love the freedom of being able to stamp the bear without having to wipe ink off every time I didn't want it there.  

I love the cute accent lines that Dyane adds to every set.  This one has dashed lines and stars and is perfect for making baby cards.

I hope you like my inaugural "little one" card!  Have a great weekend!

Little one {precious remembrance new release}

Hi peeps!

International shipping sucks.  I am still waiting on my sweet "little one" set from Precious Remembrance, but check it out:

Isn't it cute?  I can't wait to play around with it!

Fingers crossed that it comes in time for next week's Saturday Creations post.

In the meantime, check out the blog for inspiration from the rest of the design team!